[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by Joojoobees

First something light and cheerful: Cherry blossoms are expected to start opening next week in Tokyo and Kyoto.

Now something annoying: GOP congressman attempts to re-brand US Civil War as "The Great War of Yankee Aggression".

What the....forgive my ignorence in the history of american slang, but did the term Yankee even exist during the civil war?